Fly me to the moon - okay, says Elon Musk

SpaceX has announced plans to take a passenger on the first ever tourist expedition around the moon.

"SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle - an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of travelling to space". The space exploration startup tweeted this morning that it had signed its first passenger up for a trip in the company's BFR rocket.

SpaceX will reveal more information regarding the private space flight to the Moon in a live webcast on 17 September.

"I feel fairly confident that we can complete the ship and launch in about five years", Musk said.

The Falcon Heavy debuted one year after that announcement was made. SpaceX spokespeople told the Wall Street Journal that the mission as still going to happen but remained tight-lipped about more details. Musk has designs on sending spacecraft to Mars and establishing a colony. there.

The 35-story BFR will be powered by 31 of SpaceX's next-generation Raptor engines, with a rocket and spacecraft component - the Big Falcon Spaceship, or BFS. These include performing satellite launches, cleaning up space junk, and of course, taking the rich and space curious on trips around the moon.

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